Heavy downpour wreak havoc in Balochistan, claim 10 lives
QUETTA: A family of eight was among the 10 people who were swept away following a heavy downpour in the Awaran and Zhob districts...
US announces 500 new scholarships for Pakistani flood-affectees
WASHINGTON: The United States government announced 500 new scholarships for university students from the flood-affected districts in Pakistan to assist them in completing their...
Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski jailed for 10 years
MOSCOW: Belarus handed a 10-year jail term to Nobel Prize-winning activist Ales Bialiatski, drawing immediate condemnation internationally.
Bialiatski, who founded the authoritarian nation's most prominent...
Pakistan to witness heatwave during March-May
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warned of above normal temperatures and chances of heatwave episodes during March to May, this year.
According to the...
Pakistan envoy Dhaka unveils portrait of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
DHAKA: High Commissioner for Pakistan to Bangladesh, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, unveiled a portrait of Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the...
Premier Shehbaz inaugurates school on wheels project in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated Schools on Wheel project to provide education to the children especially in the rural areas at...
UK-Pakistani awarded prestigious Pegasus scholarship
British-Pakistani barrister Fahrid Chishty has been awarded a highly prestigious legal scholarship by the Inns of Court in London.
This is the first time in...
Pakistan sees 70% rise in HIV cases in past seven years
ISLAMABAD: The number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients in Pakistan grew significantly by over 70% in the last seven years, reveals National HIV...
HEC invites applications for accreditation of National Research Journals
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has invited applications for accreditation of Pakistan-based research journals for the year 2023-24 (July 1, 2023-June 30,...
Promoting Good Governance (1983-2023): Wafaqi Mohtasib’s Institution
By Abdul Majeed Niazi
The sanctity and inviolability of human rights is the essential feature of the concept of ombudsmanship and the means to achieving...
